Anchorage police investigate shooting of teenage driver

Published 8:01 am Thursday, July 28, 2016

ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police are investigating a shooting that left a teenage driver wounded.

Anchorage television station KTVA reported the 17-year-old boy was shot in the chest early Monday.

Police spokeswoman Anita Shell said he was taken to a hospital with serious injuries.

The injured boy shortly before 5 a.m. Monday walked into a Holiday gas station and store in east Anchorage.

He told investigators he had been shot while driving near Sixth Avenue and Karluk Street.

He is expected to survive.